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Press Release
NPP
December 03, 2015
AKUFO-ADDO’S
FARMERS’ DAY MESSAGE
On the occasion of the 2015 Farmers’ Day celebrations, I
join many other Ghanaians in expressing our sincere
appreciation to our farmers and fisherfolk for their hard
work and commitment to the cause of building Mother Ghana
over the years.
The role of agriculture in transforming any economy and
nation is vital. If we are to make any meaningful change in
the lives of the people, our efforts must be directed at
this sector. The majority of people can only feel a change
in their lives when we develop agriculture rapidly.
However, the agriculture sector has been neglected under the
NDC government over the last 7 years. Budgetary allocation
to the sector has been reducing consistently – from 3% in
2009 to 1.1%, as contained in the 2016 budget. It,
therefore, comes as no surprise that growth rate in the
sector, which stood at 7.4% at the end of 2008, when the NPP
left office, is now a dismal 0.04%.
With modernisation and diversification of agriculture being
a key component of the NPP’s 4-Point Agenda for the
development of Ghana, I wish to assure our farmers and
fisherfolk that the blessing of oil will not distract an
Akufo-Addo-led NPP government from making the agricultural
sector more sophisticated, more productive and more
efficient. Access to finance, improved training and
technology, reducing post-harvest losses, extending feeder
roads and farm tracts to as many farm gates as possible,
increasing irrigation facilities, and guaranteeing markets
for our farm produce are going to be the nucleus of this
approach.
I congratulate all award winners in this year’s National
Best Farmers' Day Awards and I hope that your exploits and
achievements would be an inspiration for others to the
benefit of the Ghanaian people.
God bless our farmers and fisherfolk.
God bless Ghana.
……signed……
Nana Akufo-Addo
2016 NPP Presidential Candidate
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Mr. Mahama, Tear Up NPP-Cute
"Hybrid System" Contract for Ghana's Oil!
Ghanaweb, Dec 04, Ghanadot - When your country is
entitled to 100 million barrels of your own oil but your
country receives just 27.2 million barrels, (27% of that
100 million barrels of oil), that is an economic hit job
on your country...That is not Pro-Growth. That is
predation... .More
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Power ship steams into
Ghana port to help end blackouts
Reuters, Nov 30, Ghanadot - A power-generating
ship was officially welcomed at Ghana's main port on
Sunday after arriving the previous day in what Power
Minister Kwabena Donkor said was a bid to keep the
country on track to end chronic blackouts........More
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Ghana's Prosperity Hinges On
Next Year's Election
Forbes, Dec 04, Ghanadot -
Since its transition to multi-party democracy in 1992,
Ghana has been a success story, and it has been a
natural assumption of those who follow African
development that Ghana will continue to prosper. However ......More
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Commodity Price Drop Puts
Pressure on Monetary Policy in Low-Income Countries
IMF, Dec 02, Ghanadot - While much attention has
been paid to monetary policy reforms in advanced
economies in recent years, problems facing low- and
lower-middle income countries seeking to stabilize their
economies remain largely under researched, said Maurice
Obstfeld, the IMF’s chief economist.......More
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